Biography

Volodymyr Nosov, a Ukrainian-born businessman, investor, philanthropist

Founder and CEO of WhiteBIT Global, investor and president of the Ukrainian football club Metalist 1925. Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Spain. Place of birth — Kharkiv (Ukraine).
From 2007 to 2011, Volodymyr Nosov had worked in various positions in the field of trade and distribution of goods. In 2011, he founded a distribution company, and after selling his stake in 2017, he began focusing on blockchain development.
In 2018, Nosov founded WhiteBIT cryptocurrency exchange.
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WhiteBIT International

In 2018, Volodymyr Nosov founded a crypto startup, launching with a spot trading service that offered twenty popular trading pairs.
The name "WhiteBIT" reflects the goal of being the first “white” or transparent company in the cryptocurrency industry—standing for honesty, openness, and transparency, in contrast to the gray and black markets.
In its early years, WhiteBIT focused primarily on developing technical solutions, with programmers forming the core of its operations. As the development team grew to 220 members, WhiteBIT began competing with powerful global companies. Today, WhiteBIT team encompasses over 1,100 professionals.
The global mission of WhiteBIT

To drive the widespread implementation of blockchain technology worldwide

WhiteBIT Motto

You Set the Level!

Values

Security, Professionalism, Innovations

In 2022, a new stage of WhiteBIT's development began: the company took a vector for international expansion. Today, WhiteBIT is an international group of 8 companies engaged in blockchain development. 

The company has 8 offices around the world:

Ukraine

Lithuania

Georgia

Turkey

Spain

Portugal

United Kingdom

Australia

WhiteBIT crypto exchange is the central element of the company's ecosystem, which includes:

  • Whitepay crypto processing service
  • WhiteSwap decentralized exchange
  • WhiteEX physical cards for crypto balance replenishment
  • GN Crypto news portal, the world's first crypto entertainment show
  • ByHi YouTube entertainment show
  • WhiteMarket, an innovative P2P marketplace for trading CS:GO skins 
  • WhiteBIT Coin (WBT), the native coin of the Whitechain blockchain
  • WB Soul ecosystem
  • WhitePool mining pool
  • PayUnicard, a neobank institution in Georgia that offers a UniWallet e-wallet and Unicard Visa/Mastercard payment cards

The WhiteBIT crypto exchange is:

Top 5
ranked among the most secure exchanges in the world according to the certification platform CER.live
$3B
in the highest average daily trading volume
3x
the load of the largest global payment systems on Black Friday, thanks to a powerful trading core
5M
clients from around the world
24/7
support and a developed ecosystem of products
300+
assets
600+
trading pairs
9
national currencies
1,100+
team members
The company's partners include Visa, Moneygram, Lifecell, FACEIT, FC Barcelona and Trabzonspor, the Ukrainian National Football Team, the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
The company does not cooperate with Russia. Russia and the ruble were completely excluded from all company processes in the first days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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FC Metalist 1925

In 2023, Nosov became an investor in the Ukrainian football club Metalist 1925 (Kharkiv), helping to save it from liquidation, and was subsequently elected as the club's president.
As president of Metalist 1925, Volodymyr aims to implement innovative solutions and the latest technologies to enhance fan interaction, optimize operational processes, and establish a successful model for running a Ukrainian football club as a business.

Assistance to Ukraine against Russian aggression

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Volodymyr Nosov has donated more than UAH 450 million of his own funds and tens of thousands of food packages to support the civilian population. In addition, he supports and initiates projects to support Ukrainians around the world together with partners.
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For his contributions to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Volodymyr Nosov has received more than 50 letters of appreciation from the military units of the AFU. He was awarded the honorary badge “For Assistance to the Army” by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the third-degree award from the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and a commendation from the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine for his assistance and cooperation in supporting the Ukrainian army, as well as his active civic engagement in the struggle for Ukraine's independence.
Additionally, Volodymyr Nosov and WhiteBIT crypto exchange received a letter of appreciation from the UNITED24 fundraising platform for their support of Ukraine.